As published in The Samosa Sri Lanka’s opposition talked of giving concessions to the country’s defeated Tamil minority. The Sinhalese majority said no. Melanie Gouby analyses Sri Lanka’s presidential election. For all the talk of a close election, in the end President Mahinda Rajapaksa was re-elected comfortably when results were announced on Wednesday. General Sarath Fonseka, the former… [Read more…]
January 27, 2010
It is not surprising news, but a very disappointing one. Rajapaksa has been re-elected as the president of Sri Lanka. His main opponent, General Sarath Fonseka, was relying on the minorities’ votes to win the elections, but reaching out to the Tamils may be the reason why he lost. The majority of the Sinhalese population is not ready… [Read more…]
January 21, 2010
As published on the Institute for War and Peace Reporting website By Melanie Gouby Despite the International Criminal Court, ICC, indictment of Thomas Lubanga for the use of children in his militia, the recruitment of child soldiers continues in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC. Evidence that recruitment is going on comes especially… [Read more…]
January 14, 2010
By Melanie Gouby As published in The Samosa He may seem the most unlikely candidate of all, but former army chief General Sarath Fonseka has shaken off the Sri Lankan establishment and engaged in a fierce campaign to beat his former ally to the presidential throne.General Fonseka, the very man who led the army to victory, and… [Read more…]
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January 29, 2010
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